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This Day (An America 250 History Show)

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

To mark our 250th birthday, “This Day” presents "50 Weeks That Shaped America," a series of deep dives into the stories that brought us to this moment. "This Day" takes you beyond the head-spinning headlines of today and into the unexpected historical moments that have shaped American politics and culture. Hosted by Jody Avirgan (538), and historians Nicole Hemmer (Vanderbilt), and Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley), each episode explores a moment from that day in U.S. political history to

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21:38

Jack Johnson't Big Fight (1913)

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2025/06/03

It's June 3rd. This day in 1913, boxer Jack Johnson is sentenced under the Mann Act, a vice law that sought to curb prostitution -- though many saw the sentencing as targeing Johnson for being a prominent and outspoken Black athlete.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss Johnson's boxing career, the many "great White hope" boxers he defeated, and how his prosecution reflected larger fears about miscegination and Black athletic achievement.Sign up for our newsletter! Get your hands on This Day

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29:10

Inside Airline Cockpits (Some Sunday Context) w/...

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/06/01

Today, another in our "Some Sunday Context" series, where we bring you new conversations and episodes from the archives that try to help us make sense of life here in 2025. Nathan Fielder's "The Rehearsal" -- unexpectedly -- has many of us thinking about airline safety and aviation policy. His show is concerned with the interpersonal dynamics inside a cockpit, but the larger context is of an industry that has been deregulated, degraded, and ignored to the point where, well... flying really

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22:44

Miami Explodes Into Violence (1980)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/05/15

It's May 14th. This day in 1980, Miami is seeing the biggest racial uprising of the 70s or 80s, as riots and violence erupt with the acquittal of police officers accused of killing a man by the name of Arthur McDuffie.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why the violence broke out, how it echoes so many of the uprisings of the 1960s and 1990s -- but why the McDuffie Riots may not be as remembered as some other incidents.Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a

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29:12

An Early Climate Change Warning Ignored (1957) w/ Amy...

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/05/13

It's May 13th. This day in 1957, oceanographer Roger Revelle offered testimony to Congress about the perilous effects of carbon in the Earth's atmosphere.Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by climate journalist Amy Westervelt to discuss how the warnings about climate change were being presented much earlier than we may realize, and how voices like Revelle were ignored -- and then undermined -- by government and corporations.Be sure to check out Amy's work with Drilled and more here!Find out

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18:17

Reagan's German Cemetery Visit Controversy (1985)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/05/06

It's May 5th. This day in 1985, President Reagan visits a German military cemetery in Bitburg, where a number of SS Soldiers were buried.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why the visit to the cemetery had been a controversial decision for months, why Reagan still went ahead with the visit -- and how the attempt to clean up the mess afterwards didn't go any better.Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps

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16:43

The Women's Health Vacuum (Some Sunday Context)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/05/04

The Trump administration is targeting health and scientific research -- often based on whether it includes keywods like "women." This presents the risk that a science vacuum will emerge, which could take years or decades to unwind.Today, as part of our "Some Sunday Context" series, we go back to a moment when there was a huge dearth of research and information about women's health -- and grassroots efforts to fix it.In Boston, in 1969, a group of women got together to share information

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20:06

Lincoln Needs Troops (1861)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/05/01

It's May 1st. This day in 1861, the Civil War is breaking out and President Lincoln issues a desperate call for more military volunteers.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how Lincoln's appeal galvanized the sides of the conflict, with Northern volunteers feeling called to duy and Southerners framing the battle as "northern agression."Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned

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25:41

The Artists Who Worked For The CIA (1960) w/ Benjamen...

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/04/29

[[This is an episode from the This Day archives -- we'll be back with a new conversation real soon!]]It's May 5th. This day in 1960, a British theater critic named Kenneth Tynan is hauled before a Senate sub-committee to answer questions about what is seen as his anti-American work.It's a moment that captures the cultural and political swirl of the late 50s, which is the subject of Benjamen Walker's new audio series "Not All Propaganda Is Art," out now as part of the Radiotopia show "Theory

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22:19

The Ludlow Massacre (1914)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/04/15

It's April 17th. In 1914, at the mining town of Ludlow, Colorado tensions are ratcheting up to a moment when the national guard and private police would descend upon an encampment of striking workers, killing dozens including women and children.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how things got so heated in Ludlow -- and the public outrage that boiled over in the wake of the massacre.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud

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59:43

Government vs. Universities (Some Sunday Context)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/04/13

The Trump administration is going after universities -- threatening to withhold funding in an attempt to bring them under ideological control. It's a very rocky moment, but the history of the relationship between federal funding and research institutions has often been rocky.Today on our "Some Sunday Context" series, Jody, Niki, and Kellie look at the way that universities have taken federal money, and what kinds of strings have been attached though the years. Plus, some thoughts on this

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16:27

The Lynching Of A German Immigrant (1917)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/04/10

It's April 9th. This day in 1917, a German man by the name of Robert Prager is attacked and lynched during a time of rising anti-immigrant sentiment in The United States.Jody, Niki, and Kellie talk about the pervasive suspicion of Germans in the run-up to World War I, and how Prager's lynching was cheerleaded by the media, the government, and larger society.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from

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19:49

Starbucks #RaceTogether Campaign Backfires (2015)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/04/03

It's April 3rd. In 2015, Starbucks announces that it is bringing its "Race Together" initiative to a close, after it was relentlessly mocked and critced online and in stores.Jody, Niki, and Kellie look back at the very-Obama-era effort by the coffee chain to spark conversations about racial inequality by having their baristas write #racetogether on customer's cups. Customers were not feeling it.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comThis Day In Esoteric Political History

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18:39

Carter's Unbelievable Rabbit Vendetta

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/04/01

It's April 1st. This day, Jimmy Carter performed on of the most unbelievable acts in presidential history.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comAnd don’t forget about Oprahdemics, hosted by Kellie, coming soon from Radiotopia.This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.If you want to support the show directly, you can do so on our website:

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24:29

Five Lessons For Five Years (Some Sunday Context)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/03/30

We are turning five! For today's "Some Sunday Context" conversation, Jody, Niki, and Kellie mark five years of the show and run through five big themes and lessons from five years of covering American history.00:00 Happy 5th Anniversary!3:30 Theme One: People Are Petty!7:10 Theme Two: Near Catastrophe10:30 Theme Three: Backlash Defines Everything14:30 Theme Four: Americans Hate Paying Taxes17:20 Theme Five: We Are Still Fighting The Civil WarSign up for our newsletter! Find out more at

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"I'm Just A Bill" (1976)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/03/27

It's March 27th. This day in 1976, Schoolhouse Rock premieres the song "I'm Just A Bill," an animated look at the process by which legislation gets passed -- or languishes in the halls of Congress.Jody, Niki, and Kellie talk about how the song came together, the legislation at the heart of the process, and whether lawmaking still happens the same way.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comAnd don’t forget about Oprahdemics, hosted by Kellie, coming soon from

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43:01

Graceland (Some Sunday Context from Summer Album /...

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/03/23

Today, for our Some Sunday Context" series, a little bit of a departure. Jody has a new music show called "Summer Album / Winter Album" -- here's a taste of the recent conversation on Paul Simon's classic "Graceland" with special guest Malcolm Gladwell. We hope you enjoy it, and if you want to hear the full episode make sure to subscribe to the new show wherever you get your podcasts, on YouTube, and more. It's all at www.summeralbumwinteralbum.comMeanwhile, next Sunday we are marking five

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"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" (1775)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/03/20

It's March 23rd. This day in 1775, Patrick Henry of Virginia gave a speech in which he (maybe) uttered one of the more famous phrases in American political history.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how Henry came to give such a fiery speech, the reaction from those in the room -- and why it's hard to know exactly what he said, if it matters at all.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comAnd don’t forget about Oprahdemics, hosted by Kellie, coming soon from Radiotopia.This

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22:03

What William Freeman's Act Meant (1846)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/03/13

Part two of our conversation with Harvard's Robin Bernstein about William Freeman's act of murder and protest in the prison town of Auburn, NY.Robin's new book is called Freeman's Challenge -- it's available now!Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comAnd don’t forget about Oprahdemics, hosted by Kellie, coming soon from Radiotopia.This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts

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56:35

The Anti-DEI Cycle (Some Sunday Context)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/03/02

There's an anti-DEI push taking place under the Trump administration -- is it just another in the long cycle of backlashes going all the way to reconstruction?Welcome to our latest "Some Sunday Context" conversation. Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the PC wars of the 90s, anti-affirmative action efforts of the 70s and 80s, and more. Plus, quick reactions to the latest news, from anti-trans efforts to the showdown between Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at

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19:46

The Anti-Pay-Toilet Fight (1973)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) ·

2025/02/27

It's February 27th. This day in 1973, the City of Chicago is converting all of its pay toilets to free toilets.Jody, NIki, and Kellie discuss the grassroots movement and years-long fight over pay toilets -- and why public restrooms have always been such contested spaces.Sign up for our newsletter! Find out more at thisdaypod.comAnd don’t forget about Oprahdemics, hosted by Kellie, coming soon from Radiotopia.This Day In Esoteric Political History is a proud member of Radiotopia from

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